Chevrolet Kodiak C7, Topkick C6, Topkick C7, Kodiak C6, B7. Published by Transport Canada as 1998151 on 23 July 1998. System: Brakes.
What the notice says Some of these vehicles equipped with air brakes and anti-lock brake systems may exhibit brake control electrical harness chafing. this may cause grounding of the harness (which provides power to the front brake modulator valves) and a shut off of the abs feature with the foundation brakes still functioning. however, …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1998151
- Recall date
- 23 July 1998
- Make
- Chevrolet, GMC
- Models
- Kodiak C7, Topkick C6, Topkick C7, Kodiak C6, B7
- Model years
- 1998
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 25
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
SOME OF THESE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AIR BRAKES AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEMS MAY EXHIBIT BRAKE CONTROL ELECTRICAL HARNESS CHAFING. THIS MAY CAUSE GROUNDING OF THE HARNESS (WHICH PROVIDES POWER TO THE FRONT BRAKE MODULATOR VALVES) AND A SHUT OFF OF THE ABS FEATURE WITH THE FOUNDATION BRAKES STILL FUNCTIONING. HOWEVER, OTHER WIRES IN THE HARNESS WHEN GROUNDED, WILL RESULT IN NO AIR REACHING ONE OR BOTH OF THE FRONT BRAKE CHAMBERS. RESULTING REDUCTION OF BRAKING CAPABILITY COULD CAUSE INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES AND A CRASH. IN EITHER INSTANCE, ELECTRICAL GROUNDING WILL CAUSE A DASH PANEL WARNING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE.
CORRECTION: DEALERS WILL INSPECT FOR CHAFING AND PROPER ROUTING OF THE WIRING HARNESS AND REPAIR IF NECESSARY.
Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1998151.
Chevrolet elsewhere in this register
Chevrolet is named on 880 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1998150 · 22 July 1998 · Sonoma, C Series, K Series · Visual System
- 1998152 · 22 July 1998 · Silhouette, Venture · Seats And Restraints
- 1998136 · 15 July 1998 · Cavalier, Sunfire · Seats And Restraints
- 1998159 · 20 August 1998 · K Series, C Series · Fuel System
- 1998170 · 26 August 1998 · Camaro, Firebird · Emissions
- 1998119 · 9 June 1998 · Silhouette, Venture, Transport · Powertrain
- 1998179 · 14 September 1998 · Regal, Grand Prix, Cutlass Supreme · Emissions
- 1998184 · 21 September 1998 · Yukon, Tahoe, C Series · Brakes
The same system: Brakes
791 notices in this register name Brakes. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1998115 · 4 June 1998 · Trailer · Brakes
- 1998104 · 25 May 1998 · F-350 Super Duty · Brakes
- 1998033 · 20 February 1998 · C Series, Express · Brakes
- 1998017 · 29 January 1998 · MC20 Chassis · Brakes
- 1998012 · 23 January 1998 · Premier, Yj, Cherokee · Brakes
- 1998005 · 20 January 1998 · Trailer · Brakes
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Chevrolet: 928 in the register, and 255 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1998.
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